Ironman 70.3 Austria Results
Ospaly and Thuerig win.
Swiss cycling star and multiple Ironman champion Karin Thuerig rode the top bike split (2:18:02) and coasted to the win (4:20:34) at Ironman 70.3 Austria.
In the men’s race, Filip Ospaly (CZE) led the swim (24:16) for the pro men, surrendered the lead on the bike to Austria’s Michael Weiss (who rode 2:05:17), but regained the lead with approximately 2 km to go in the half marathon. His top run split of 1:14:07 earned him his second Ironman 70.3 Austria title (3:55:27). Weiss held onto second (3:56:01).
Men
1 Ospaly, Filip 3:55:27
2 Weiss, Michael 3:56:01
3 Amey, Paul 3:57:41
4 Degasperi, Alessandro 3:59:12
5 Viennot, Cyril 3:59:36
Women
1 Thuerig, Karin 4:20:34
2 Csomor, Erika 4:24:19
3 Van-Vlerken, Yvonne 4:26:56
4 Wutti, Eva 4:31:51
5 Benz, Simone 4:33:16